After lunch, everyone except Grandpa Chen, who was in charge of steering the boat, came to the deck to prepare to haul in the fishing nets.
Chen Weiqiang operated the robotic arm to pull a net with the smallest hole from the sea.
As soon as the net emerged from the water, Chen Zhiyao saw that it was covered with slender, silvery ribbonfish.
Wow, there are quite a lot of ribbonfish in this net!
Chen Weiqiang slowly pulled the fishing net up, while the other three quickly untied the ribbonfish from it.
Looking at the full fishing nets, everyone felt full of energy.
This one net alone contained several hundred kilograms of ribbonfish, as well as twenty or thirty kilograms of small miscellaneous fish.
Although ribbonfish are not expensive, every little bit counts, and the income from this net can be quite substantial.
The second net yielded an equally impressive harvest, consisting almost entirely of large white pomfret weighing over a pound each.
Although the quantity is not as much as the ribbonfish from before, it still adds up to more than 300 jin (150 kg).
In addition, there were more than twenty mackerel, which were quite large, mostly weighing more than half a pound each.
Both nets yielded good results, and everyone beamed with joy, staring expectantly at the coarse-mesh nets that were about to break through the water.
However, to everyone's disappointment, apart from a few sea bass and large white pomfret, most of the fish online were barracuda.
Moreover, they are not very big, mostly weighing around two or three pounds.
After the net was pulled up, Chen Zhiyao discovered that there were many large holes in it, indicating that all the big sea wolves had escaped.
After unloading the fish, Grandma Chen carefully tidied up the net, intending to take it back to repair it.
The last gillnet was specifically designed to catch big fish, and Chen Zhiyao had high hopes for it.
Before casting the fishing net into the water, she even sprinkled a whole bottle of bait additive on it.
Before the fishing net even left the water, ripples were already spreading across the surface, indicating that there were quite a few big fish below.
As the fishing net, hidden deep in the sea, slowly surfaced, everyone's eyes widened in astonishment, their mouths agape.
There were 6 large sea bass weighing over 10 jin (5 catties), 7 large barracuda weighing 7-8 jin (3-4 catties), and 3-4 pearl grouper, green grouper, and sesame grouper, each weighing 5-6 jin (2.5-3 catties).
But what made everyone happiest was a red-spotted fish that weighed a full 11 kilograms.
After hauling in all the fishing nets, the fishing boat headed to the next spot to collect the remaining fish traps and crab traps.
There are 10 fish traps. Apart from 3 ordinary fish traps used to conceal their presence, the remaining 7 are all produced by the system.
The hissing sound coming from the rope tells you that there are quite a few fish in the first fish trap.
However, to everyone's disappointment, the fish inside were all small, worthless fish.
The cage was teeming with mackerel, and most of them were only three or four ounces in size.
Needless to say, this is definitely a regular fish trap.
Immediately afterwards, the second fish trap was slowly pulled out of the water, and Chen Zhiyao and the others' smiles instantly brightened.
It turned out that there were five large sea bass in the trap, weighing several tens of kilograms in total.
In addition, there were more than a dozen small, lively fish jumping around inside the fish trap.
These lively and energetic fish filled the whole scene with life and vitality.
The third fish trap, however, seemed rather deserted and lonely, containing only a single, solitary fish.
However, it was a large blue robe weighing a full 8 jin (approximately 4 catties).
Its value far exceeds the total catch of all the fish in the first two cages combined.
After carefully placing the bluefin bream into the bucket, Chen Zhiyao happily took her father's place and pulled up the fourth fish trap herself.
All I heard her say was, "It's so heavy!"
The heavy weight in her hands told her that there must be a lot of treasure inside this cage.
She could also clearly feel something inside struggling and throbbing, as if it couldn't wait to break free of the cage's restraints.
This is a cage produced by the system. Just thinking about it made Chen Zhiyao's palms sweat with excitement.
The fish trap was gradually pulled out of the water, revealing two groupers weighing about 10 pounds each: a green grouper and a cloud-patterned grouper.
In addition, there were three bluefin bream weighing over a pound each and several small miscellaneous fish weighing several pounds inside the fish trap.
Upon seeing so many good things, Chen Zhiyao quickly rushed over and personally poured out all these large items.
As soon as she finished cleaning the fish, Chen Zhiyao couldn't wait to pull out three fish traps in a row.
She curiously approached the nearest cage.
Inside, there was a green area with three large blue crabs weighing about one pound each, and two extra-large blue lobsters weighing over one pound each.
These guys are tough characters; they've already fought several times inside.
One of the little green dragons had several whiskers broken off, and two of the green crabs had a pincer broken off.
Looking at the mangled crabs and baby lobsters, Chen Zhiyao sighed in a mocking manner:
"These baby lobsters and crabs are all damaged and won't fetch a good price, so we'll just have to keep them for ourselves."
Upon hearing this, Chen Weiqiang, who was standing next to him, cheekily teased him:
"You're obviously just craving something sweet, stop pretending."
"Hmph, if you're so capable, then don't eat it."
Seeing that the father and daughter were arguing again, Yan Shuting glared at them, and they obediently stopped.
Chen Zhiyao deftly emptied all the good stuff out of the cage, then turned to look at the other two cages.
The two fish traps yielded good results: one was full of sea bass, and the other had two large grouper weighing seven or eight pounds each and more than ten large white pomfret.
The remaining two fish traps turned out to be full of valuable grouper.
Four green grouper, two cloud-patterned grouper, one pearl grouper, and three sesame grouper, all weighing between six and ten pounds.
The first day of the fishing season started off well, and everyone's smiles became even brighter.
Then it was the turn of the remaining 10 crab traps.
Four of these crab traps were obtained from a fishing tackle shop, while the remaining six were redeemed by Chen Zhiyao through the system.
Everyone was having a good time, but to their surprise, the first crab trap was empty.
Upon closer inspection, I discovered a fist-sized hole at the bottom, and all the fish inside had already escaped.
Chen Zhiyao roused herself and pulled up the second crab trap.
The haul was pretty good this time, with a total of 6 large blue crabs and 2 red flower crabs.
Two of the crabs weighed almost a pound each, while the rest weighed about five or six ounces each.
Besides the large crabs, there were also several kilograms of small miscellaneous fish.
"Not bad, not bad, these big guys can probably sell for several hundred yuan."
Looking at these large crabs, Chen Zhiyao's earlier gloom vanished, replaced by a beaming smile.
She deftly poured the crabs into a bucket of water, and the people next to her took out cable ties to tie up the large crabs.
The third and fourth crab traps also yielded good results; although the crabs inside were of average size, the quantity was quite considerable.
Each crab trap contains about 10 mud crabs, each weighing around 4 to 5 ounces. Although they don't look very plump, they still add up to about 10 pounds.
Seeing the harvest from these four ordinary crab traps, Chen Zhiyao became even more eager for the six crab traps from the system.
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